My Life's Scraps

I lied....

2008-07-14T16:13:00.004-05:00

Said i wouldn't post anything until after the move, but for once brief second- i actually have internet and I want to take advantage of it until it gets cut off. (what ever will I do without it?)

so just a few highlights from this past week. It was so fun.

As you know (or maybe not..) my mom and sister were able to fly out for the week to help out. Oh boy..... I'm so glad they did! It was so much fun becuase I was pretty much healed up and we were able to have a ton of fun.

We hit the beach a few times and went to River street- that was awesome. Painted toenails and went to the pool, did funny hair-do's, and most importantly.... I got to sleep in!! (thanks mom!)

So here's my little sis with the baby- aren't they cute?

And the kids with the uber cool pirate- (can we say this will be the ONLY time i let them hold guns? lol)

And my mom just had double knee surgery about 2 weeks ago and she's still a cripple. I had to get this hilarious shot of her attempting to come down what seem to be the steepest stairs in the world. Yah... i thought it was funny- my mom... not so much. lol

And in our church, instead of doing baby baptisms or christenings, we do a baby blessing. And yesterday Jayce got blessed and this was how cute he was.

And of course I had to get the rest of the uber cute kiddos as well. These are the adorable dresses great grandma sent- cute right? And if you can't tell from the picture- Hailey had been crying forever. We had just gotten back from taking grandma and nana to the airport and she was devestated- literally.

And here we are- the first ever brother picture. isn't it to die for? You'll be seeing this picture on a scrapbook page VERY soon. (well... after i unpack my massive amounts of scrap crap- lol)

And one just for the records..... this is my current living state. This folks, would be my dining room at the moment. And I still have 2 rooms to go through- it's all packed for the most part, just have a bunch of the odds and ends to put in boxes. (hate those kind of boxes!)

Anyone wanna come finish packing my house for me? I could use a nap.... or two... or three. ;)-

see ya in a while. :)

I know i'm missing....

2008-07-13T18:52:00.002-05:00

sorry!
but little baby, family visitng, and a move in a few days is taking up quite a bit of time. :)

I'll post some yummy pics later of projects and baby soon enough. i'm moving on Thursday and hopefully will have internet back come a week from now- so be looking for me around then.

will be fun stuff to get into a new house huh? I'm very excited to move on with my life. nothing like a nice change to get you going right? (isn't that just the BIGGEST understatement of the year?) hahaha

over and out.

More Baby Lovin'

2008-06-30T16:49:00.003-05:00

Ok.... so of course I have to post more pics of the baby. I'ev taken about a gazillion so far (go figure) and he's just too cute to not share!

Have to say- that this first week has been awesome. Can't believe it's been a week already. Just goes to show how fast time goes by and how precious every second is. I'm just eating it all up cause i know it won't last long.

anyway-

here's a few more pics of Jayce and his chubby cheeks- can't wait to see how big they get once he starts gaining some weightage.... :)-

And i think his shirt says it all!

Jayce Richard Winward

2008-06-26T09:51:00.004-05:00

Well folks... he's finally here! I've been resting up and trying to get used to life with 4 kids- hence the reason I haven't posted until now.

I went into labor on Sunday night and Monday morning at 11:04 am Jayce made his debut into the world. I had to push only one time..... so it was great for me (and he had no cone head either.)

So things are good. He's healthy and for the most part a happy baby. He's uber cute with those fabulous chubby cheeks. Having him makes me realize how much I NEEDED another baby. (yes...needed) And being that the kids are on summer break, I don't get to ease into the whole 4 kid thing. Rick left me the other day to go to the store and I had all of them. It was good- pretty funny actually. Thing is, I'm handling 4 A LOT better than I did with 3.

I'm feeling great! Just not being pregnant anymore is wonderful and being that I can fit into some of my non-prego shirts makes me feel so much better. It's been nice to just rest and not worry about things. (even though it won't last much longer)

Anyway- Here's the specs and some pics. The pics of Jayce look funky- his head isn't THAT deformed. it's not deformed at all. guess i just had the wrong angle. But he is just so cute- I love him. Guess i'll keep him around....... :)-

Jayce Richard Winward

June 23, 2008

11:04 am

7 lb 2 oz

18.5 in long

(yes... he's my biggest baby and even came 3 weeks early!)

And here's a few funnies:

Kids came to visit in the hospital and kayleb was so excited. He wrote his name on a napkin and when he first saw Jayce, he walked up to him and holds the napkin up and says "Hi baby Jayce. I'm Kayleb. see.... here's my name. K A Y L E B" It was so stinkin cute. I got a pic of it. :)

Then the proud oldest sister holding him for the first time. She is at my feet all day long saying "mom... i washed my hands, can i hold him?" "mom.. can i touch his head?" "mom... I'll feed him if you want me to."

She's so helpful- it will be really nice once we move.

Then the proud papa. this pic is smooshed for some reason..... but you get a better idea of how round baby really is.

And this cake.... the hospital made it and gave it to us. How cool is that? and it is SO YUMMY!

anyway...... there he is... all perfect and wonderful. I'll post more later when I get around to it. :)

Pre-K "Graduation"

2008-06-16T15:32:00.001-05:00

So between last year and this year, something changed to where pre-k "graduation" isn't "allowed" anymore. What the? So instead of doing a ceremony-like what we got to do with Hailey- they held a family party instead. It was actually really nice as we could show up when we wanted and leave when we wanted. Sad I didn't get the cute pics like with Hailey, but we had a good time. They had this blow up toy to jump on and a sand box and the fun park there as well- so the kids were plenty entertained the whole time. So here are my fav. shots from the party. Mia had a blast as well- which was nice to not have to try to keep her contained.

Kayleb is so funny- these pictures are SO him, which I love. And this is our favorite teacher in the world, Ms. Marty. She was Hailey and Kayleb's teacher and we are very sad that she can't be Mia's teacher as well. We will surely miss her.

I'll post picture of Hailey's awards later- like i said... a lot to post, don't wnat to do it all at once. :)

Oy vey!!!

2008-06-14T15:19:00.005-05:00

Ok- so craziness has entered my life and i have a feeling it won't settle down anytime soon. You forget how much it takes to move and all the little things you have to settle and organize. Then you have the task of packing and in the process you realize how much CRAP you have and wonder why you've lived with it for so long. During this past week, Rick and i have gone through only 2 rooms. We cleared out the office and turned it into the "box room". It's about half full of boxes right now. most of them are for the garage sale we intend to have. (don't ask me when though)

Anyway- I have a lot to update on, so I'll blog a little at a time over the next few days to get it all in.

First off- it was Kayleb's bday this week. he turned 5. Can you believe it? He's getting so big- i'm freaking out that he'll be in kindergarten in the fall. We had a good bday for him. Went to Sonic for dinner, went to the store, opened presents, etc. he opened his presents and LOVED them. there's nothing better than having the kid love the gifts you get and play with them non stop. He hasn't put them down since he got them. He got this pirate ship set, a kings castle set, and Soccer Boppers. Then we ate cake. Actually- let me rephrase that.... Rick, me, and Mia had cake. Hailey has all of a sudden decided she doesn't like cake. and Kayleb - for whatever reason- didn't want any. But it sure was good! So here are some pics from the night. isn't he so cute?!

Then another "fun" thing that happened was little miss decided to get into an ink pad of mine. Yah. I have everything in the office, and we keep the door shut. But like that matters right? She snuck in, grabbed my ink pad and decided to literally paint herself in it. She came up to me and said "Makeup mom!" . luckily, she didn't touch ANYTHING but herself. she did manage to ruin her shirt and panties, but i can deal with that. The pics pretty much suck, the lighting was terrible. But you get the idea. Can't tell you how long it took me to scrub this girl- i think my bathtub is permanently stained. hahaha gotta love the little stinkers.

If you hadn't heard by now

2008-06-08T16:35:00.002-05:00

We're MOVING!!!!!!!!
Yes folks... after months and months of applying anywhere and everywhere, RIck has landed us a job!
See this place? This is going to be our new home.

Actually- I wish. If you don't recognize this place, this would be called Graceland- or Elvis's house. (or was for that matter) This will be just down the road from where we will be.
And if you haven't guessed by now, we're headed to Memphis, TN!

Rick had a bunch of job interviews last week and before we left, we had a job offer. He will be teaching middle school art for a school just oustside of Memphis. We are very excited to have something to depend on and BENEFITS!!! :)

so..... any of you out there that read my blog.... have any suggestions of places to live or wanna pitch in to get me a house? ;)-

See that number on the side?

2008-06-07T09:34:00.002-05:00

The little icon with the morbid floating baby?ol See that number on there? Yah. THat's how much longer i have to endure this kid inside me. ALl i can say is that I'm over it, I'm done, and anytime after next week, he can come. I"ve had a wonderful pregnancy, but I"m done. There's so much going on right now, that i just need the first major event of the summer over so I can focus on other things.

just letting you know that I'm still here and things are good. I'll post an update later on. (oh... and my computer is on the fritz.... so i haven't been posting because it's sick. I'll post as soon as it gets better.) :)

The "Corruption"

2008-05-29T08:12:00.004-05:00

and this would be how the husband put it. hahahahaha

You see, i obviously scrap a lot right? well- Hailey sees me doing it all the time and asks if she can "work" with me. usually i don't let her for fear of the other kids wanting in on the mess and I'm too lazy to pick up after them. (lame... i know)

but the other day, she comes in and says "mom, can i scrapbook too?"

my heart melted. I was so proud. lol

So of course i jumped out of my seat, grabbed some scrap paper, glue, stickers, and some pics and set her up on the table. i handed her a blank piece of paper and she then says "mom, what am i suppsed to do?"

i had to laugh.

so i showed her how to put a page together and that it was up to her to do anything she wanted. I left the room and came back to find this.

totally cute right? and she was so proud of herself when she completed it. she was showing it off and we had to put it in her scrapbook right after as well. Now she won't stop asking to scrapbook! I'm making up a little box of things that she can just pull out when she wants to do a page. I've also given her a little album to fill for herself. She showed dad her first scrapbook page and his first comment was "you've corrupted her". lol- well.....i say it's about freakin time! :)

and here it is in all it's glory- Hailey's frist scrapbook page ever. adorable yes?

One more thing for you scrappers out there looking for a good deal. Remember when I posted a bunch of packets for sale on my blog? Good news! No- it's not me selling them this time, but close. lol

My good friend Jamie- who used to own a scrapbook store here in town, has put up TONS of packets on her blog. if you want some good stuff for cheap- head over there to get in on the action. This woman has seriously got the buttload of product- so it's all adorable stuff. GO CHECK IT OUT HERE!

HALLELUIAH!

2008-05-28T13:09:00.002-05:00

The heavens opened and decided that NOW was FINALLY the time for us to be done.
what am I talking about? Well.. most of you know that Rick has been in school for a (ahem) long time. well folks, the end is here. TODAY marks his final day of school! WOOOOHHOOOOOOO!
That's right. As of 4:30 pm this afternoon, he will be officially done with schooling and this time in 2 days, he'll have his MFA degree! How exciting is this?
well.... Let's recap here:
1) Rick and I have been married for 7 years. Out of those 7 years, he's been a student. Yah.
2) We met in college, which meant he had been in school prior to us getting married. Yah.
3) We have a grand total of 9 years in school.
4) Out of those 9 years, the only "breaks" he's gotten has been Spring break, christmas break, and 2 months one summer to work for his dad before moving to Savannah. Count that.
5) He's been in school NON-STOP for 4.5 years. seriously.

so are we a little excited? um.... YES!
Now for a little "bad" news. He has 5 interviews on MOnday morning. yes- 5! very excited about them. If he gets one of these positions- guess what that means? Yup... more schooling. why you ask? well- they are teaching positions. And even though he has his MFA, that's not exactly a teaching certificate. So he'd have to go back to school to get that sucker. Not too excited about that one. However, guidelines give him up to 3 years to complete it even though he'd be teaching already. So i guess it won't be so bad. just thought that the whole school thing would REALLY be over. oh well.... we'd totally do it if it meant a job and a salary WITH BENEFITS! :)

Ok- so now that all that's been said.. i have a contest I want you to check out real quick. The Nook is sponsoring it and there's a nice $75 gift certificate involved for the winner. And who doesn't like getting free scrap stuff right?! So click this link to find out all the details and sign up. It's going to be a fun one- and it's uber easy.... so there's no reason why you SHOULDN"T do it. :) CLICK THIS LINK TO FIND OUT DETAILS!!

Toodles!

Photoshoot

2008-05-24T17:43:00.004-05:00

So in the process of wanting to re-do my living room walls, I need updated pics of the kids. And where does that lead us? PHOTOSHOOT!!! yah- first saturday i haven't had to work, so we went first thing this morning over to the Botanical Gardens. It was a fun outing- but OH MY WORD. There's seriously nothign more frustrating to a photographer who has uncooperative children to photograph. Out of the 100 pictures I took, 1 of each kid turned out. yah.

how about it was either the look of death or the look that says "do you really have to put me through this mom?"

needless to say- i did get some good ones and glad that we went. And I can't tell you how inspired I am by nature. Whenever I see a cool tree or a pretty flower, I always want to take a picture. So of course, going to a Botanical Garden, i HAVE to take pics of the flowers. So i've included a few pictures of what i just HAD to capture. ;)

And I don't know why- but i just love this picture. There's something that's just so innocent and precious about them.

And of course- in true fashion, rick came to the "rescue" to try and get a decent pic of the kids together as well. I never got a shot of all of them together, with all of them looking AT the camera AND smiling. upsets me. So here's the ONE shot of the day that they happened to all look at the camera AND smile at the same time. And of course, my "lessons" to Rick didn't come into play- beacuse as you can see, the kids are blury and the frame is totally not filled. So can I use this? um... nope. gggggrrrrrrr. :)

Now that you have all that visual excitement....... I have to tell you about the YUMMIEST blog. I mean... doesn't this just look so devine?!?!?!

can't remember where i found it, but if you are in the market for what looks like the most delicios cupcakes in the world, check this out. This lady spends A LOT of time making up her own recipes for cupcakes and frosting and then posts all her recipes on her blog. The seriously all look DIVINE! So for all you homemakers out there wanting a good recipe, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to find one on her blog that will suit your needs. I'm DYING to try one. Think i'll make some tonight for the heck of it! http://cupcakeblog.com/

News????

2008-05-23T12:06:00.002-05:00

Well- Rick had an interview with a school distrcit up in Memphis on Wed. morning. He has to pass this first interview in order to get to the "next level" of interviews. He passed with "flyping colors" as the guy said!!!! So this main guy then in turn scheduled 4 more interviews with 4 different schools up there with the principles. So Rick graduates on May 31st. The second he's done, we're headed up to Memphis for the weekend. He'll be having all 4 interviews Monday morning and hopefully by the time we get home, we'll know whether he has the job or not.

We are VERY excited. We feel good about getting this position and hope it works out. We are sad that it's not WEST- as we want to be nearer to family, but we'll go where we need to take care of our family first. I just want all the prayers and fingers crossed that we can get for this thing. Its in one of the best school districts in the nation and supposedly pretty tricky to get a job teaching there.

So let's hope for the best and I'll fill ya'll in as soon as we get back! :)

Apparently....

2008-05-21T08:12:00.002-05:00

little girl feels the need to wear her food instead of eat it. 'nuff said. :)

First Peek :)

2008-05-19T13:59:00.002-05:00

Ok... so I've decided to NOT put off re-decorating my living room. I'd like some sort of change because I'm that ancy for one. So I'm starting the process of getting things together and making the things that will be used.

Here's the first peek into what will be my living room decor. LOVE the colors..... so excited to see it all together!

And.....

Rick got the most fantastic email today. No- it's not a job, although that would be preffered- but he was informed that the faculty and department chair of his department nominated him for student of the year and he got it!!!! He gets to sit in the front of the graduating class at commencement and he'll be singled out and given this award during the program. We don't know if he gets anything- I'm thinking $5000 would be nice, considering how much we've spent on this freakin school- but alas... it'll probably only be some sort of certificate or trophy. But I am SO PROUD of him. He actually would have gotten it when he graduated with his BA- but he didn't walk at the ceremony, and if you don't walk, you don't get it. But he's walking this time and he gets it and I couldn't be more proud of him. He's worked so hard and done so much that I'm very glad he gets recognized for it. One more thing for the resume right? :)

Gift Bag and card

2008-05-18T20:37:00.004-05:00

I had a little thank-you gift to give to a friend and wanted to use the May Kit from the Nook.

So here's what I came up with. I actually like it a lot. I do believe I'll need to impliment this idea into a page sometime REAL soon. :)

I had done this this morning and within the hour, Mia came in with a bunch of buttons and immediately I recognized them. Yah- almost right after i finished completing this project, little girl decided to wrip it to pieces. So i had to RE-MAKE it. oh well- that's what i get for leaving it on the table right?

Glad I got it done though- I reallt liked how it came out and it's always nice to hand make a gift. :)

Fun times all around

2008-05-17T14:40:00.006-05:00

So remember that story I told a little while ago about going to Mohawk lake and little girl getting bitten by fire ants?

well.... that incident has scarred her for life. literally.

anytime we go ANYWHERE- if she sees a pile of dirt or a mud puddle or a large area of sand.... she freaks out and says "ANTS! They scares me" hahah- and although it's adorable, it's sad how she remembers something like that enough to be scared to death.

SOOOO..... this morning we were up bright and early and decided to go play soccer with the kids before it got too hot. (and just to mention... no- i didn't not play with them. ;)- )

We got to the soccer field and let the kids run loose. Well- it rained a lot yesterday and last night, so there were a few mud patches. And of course.. little miss FREAKED when she saw them.

so i captured a couple of faces in such cases where she was retreating and coming to me to save her from the "ants". cute right?

And then here are a few shots from the "game". they had a fun time- and then we have the team photo. :)

And the winner for the photo of the day goes to the Kaylebmeister. He just HAD to do a 'victory" pose when he made a goal. Freakin hilarious. I love this kid.

like i said- it was a fun morning.

Then i got to treck to work- for what was the last day for me (sad- i know.. i just can't do it anymore)- and i took my computer to fiddle around with some pics that I took. My plan is to completely re-decorate my living room when we move. I have everything I need. I wasn't planning on doing it until we moved, but plannin in being here for the summer- i'm too ancy to NOT do it now. So i'm working on a few things to get that all in to place. I plan on blowing up a few pics i've taken from various places and framing them to hang up. But i saw this way cool technique used from someone on Etsy- so I had to try myself. Here's what I've come up with so far- what do you think of them?

If you like them THAT much.... i'm willing to sell them to ya. ;)- hahahahaha

NOTE: thanks for all the kind words and advice based on last entry. It was totally a hormonal day- and heaven knows I've reached "monster" point and I tend to be a little more harsh and not-so-kind. So be aware that I'm TRYING to be nice! :)

I'm seriously CURSED.

2008-05-14T13:32:00.002-05:00

I swear... what is it with either getting screwed over by a refferal or by the Dr. themselves with me? Either I must smell terrible (which seriously shouldn't be the case since i showered this morning-lol) , or they just think i'm plain stupid and don't care.

Clarification:

When i'm prego- i get a midwife. I had a dr. with my first kid and it wasn't a HORRIBLE experience, but there was def. a lack of personalization there. Which is why with #2, i went with a midwife and coulnd't have been happier with the experience. Then it was time for #3 and again- went with the midwife. LOVED it. pleased with almost the entire experience. (for some odd reason unbenounced to me, she couldn't deliver me and i ended up having a dr. i've never met deliver. ugh)
so that led me to #4. When i got prego, i automatically knew who i would go to. The same midwife I had with #3. Well- i call to make the apt. and she no longer works there. She works full time at the hospital now. So they ask if i want a different dr. or to just see the PA. well- I figure, PA.... that will be interesting. So they hook me up with the apt. I've been to the office before, I know how they work, and I've never had problems with it. i was comfortable and I knew where it was and technically know all the nurses anyway- so why switch right?
WRONG.
i show up for my first apt. and i enter the room and they say- well the PA is swamped today, so you're going to see the dr. that's over her. It'd be nice to meet her regardless. So I say ok. Never had a girl DOCTOR before. should be interesting. she walks in and was pleasant enough. did the apt. sat down and talked with her- seemed nice enough, but i could tell that she was "one of those Dr.'s" that really didn't care.

INSERT:
down here in the south- if you have more than 2 kids... you're gonna get looks. seriously. When iw as prego with #3 and I'd walk in the supermarket, yah.... got looks ALL the time. When i went in for apt's at the dr.- there would be comments like "#3 already huh? wow... and you're only 24. don't know how you do it."
well.... whatever. so needless to say- when you get prego with #4 and walk into the supermarket with the 3 others... you're gonna get looks. And once again- you go to the Dr. and for some reaosn, people can't fathom that i actually WANT children and the fact that i'm 26 and on my 4th doesn't bother me.... well- lets' just say that I think people should keep the comments to themselves.

BACK TO THE STORY:
So- aside from my Dr.'s "assumptions"..... she pretty much doesn't care. period. From that very apt.- i've only seen her. every time. She'll walk in, (without saying HI or How are you), do her thing, then hand me the piece of paper that says what was done and when to see her next. Because we all KNOW that it only matters that she gets paid for what she's "DOING". whatever.
So we continue on...... still have not liked her, but too lazy to really go out and find another dr and switch insurance and whatnot. so I stay and deal with it.
Then it comes to the apt. i had about a month ago and for ONCE- she finally stays in the room for an uncalculated minute- but it was only to ask if I was thinking of getting my tubes tied.
UM....

EXCUSE ME?!?!?!?!??!!

i was dumbfounded. If i wouldn't have been charged with aggrivated assult- i would have slapped her silly or sat on her or something. lol- she seriously asked me that! well- i pretty much said NO WAY and seh proceeded to "inform" me that if it were a possibility that i'd have to file paperwork 30 days prior to the due date to even have the procedure done.

well thanks for the USELESS information lady. THE NERVE.

and then once again- i have my apt. today and she walks in- does her thing, proceeds to tell me the exact same lecture she's given me for the past 4 months about weight and eating right and blah blah blah.. (because i haven't been prego before and have no clue how to do anything) and then walks out of the room.

No presonalization. She has no clue that she's told me the same thing like 10 gazillion times. She has no clue that I have feelings or care about this child or whatever. All she knows is that I'm 26, on my 4th kid, and that I"m not goign to get my tubes tied.

why on earth would i want someone like that taking part in one of the most important days of my life? not that i really have a choice at this point- but still!

so like i said... i'm cursed. might as well get used to it. Either that- or maybe one day... i'll finally get the nerve to actually take action at the first sign of not liking something. Heaven forbid i try a NEW place or a NEW person for helping me with my health right? *sigh*

rant over. hahahahahaahaha :)-

TA DA!!!!!!

2008-05-12T18:21:00.003-05:00

The flower escipade is finally over. After several phone calls from the mama.... they FINALLY delivered a decent, beautiful bouquet!!! The lady showed up at my door around 6 this evening and said "I'm here to deliver your flowers." I then said thank you and she said "i'm sorry about the last ones. hope you had a nice Mothers Day".

I mean.... honestly- i wish i still had the old ones to physically show her what they looked like when i threw them away this morning. But alas- all is over and i have a nice smelly thing sitting right on my table making it's presence known! Now... isn't this a whole lot better? This is how an iris and rose should look upon delivery. And i got a bonus- they included a butterfly!! :)-

Thanks mama! You're the bestest! :)

New Page!

2008-05-12T13:31:00.003-05:00

Here's my first project using my new and DELICIOUS Upsy Daisy product. Isn't it to die for?

Head on over to the Upsy Daisy blog and make sure you leave a comment on every project posted until the end of the month. With every comment you leave- you get your name entered into that MASSIVE ribbon stash give-away that I posted a few days ago.

SO go check it out over there and leave some love. Thanks :)

Oh- and if you want this fabulous stuff... head over to the Upsy Daisy site and order some of it. It's seriously adorable. :)

Mothers Day funny

2008-05-10T16:45:00.005-05:00

My mom and dad send my sister and I flowers every year for Mothers Day. It's nice to get some- as they are very pretty right?

Well..... here's a funny story for ya.

My sis calls me up on Thursday afternoon and relates this story to me:

she had just gotten her flowers and they typically come with a note attatched with a nice little message. WELL..... there was a nice little message on hers alright. It said (something to the affect of) "Customer is VERY picky. Make sure they look nice."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

now you can't tell me that's not hilarious. so that "customer" is reffering to my mother. Bless her heart- she makes sure that the florist KNOWS that they better send a GOOD solid, fresh bouquet. I guess they kind of forgot to take that little note off of the message that was meant for my sis. But this was her bouquet..... very pretty right?

again... VERY funny. we laughed a good one at that.

THEN:

Yesterday I ran some errands and then went to pick up the kids from school. When we got home, there was a little bouquet sitting on my door step. My first thought was "Are they allowed to just leave a bouquet on the doorstep?" but whatever. Upon closer inspection... this is what was sent to me.

So then.... I call my mom and say thanks for the flowers and how much they sucked. hahahaha- she was a little upset obviously and made a phone call to the florist this morning to get me some new flowers. Can you believe that they actually delivered these? all brown and wilty and sad. Personally- I think it's hilarious. BUT- i'm not the one who paid good money for it. I'd be pretty pissed if i paid money and this is what i got. As of right now.... they were supposed to be delivering a new bouquet today and nothing has come. So i can't make a comparison right now. But i'll post pics of the new bouquet once I get it.

And just for kicks- i took more pics of what it looked like today. I swear- they made this arrangement like a week ago and didn't refrigerate it. so sad right?

Now.... how's that for a funny? I'm still laughing my butt off at the whole thing. My mom... not so much. hahahahahaha :)

Another contest!

2008-05-06T17:54:00.005-05:00

Piggy Tales is doing a contest for a couple more days- so make sure you enter this one NOW!

here's the details:

Let us know what you did to celebrate National Scrapbook Day in 100 words or less and you'll be entered in a random drawing for $100 worth of free Piggy Tales product. There will be 3 winners! Please email your entry to contests@piggytales.com by midnight PST, Thursday, May 8th. Winners will be announced on our blog on Friday, 10am PST.

http://www.piggytales.typepad.com

I can't wait to read all the entries!

Debbie Juden
CEO, Chief Designer

and believe me- they do good packages. But how can you not when you have uber cute product huh? :) so be sure to enter!

on another note.... guess what came out today?!?!?

I"M SO EXCITED!!! I went and got it this afternoon and read the first couple chapters. I must admit- it's not as gripping as Twilight was at first, but it's still a good read. Cant' wait to share with ya'll the final review! It might take a while though... i have absolutely no time to read this thing for the next couple weeks. :(

Off to help the husband write/fix/proof read the thesis. ask me how excited I am about that one. ;)-

Upsy Daisy Giveaway!!!

2008-05-02T11:27:00.002-05:00

Ok- see this massive amount of ribbon? Want it?

head over to the Upsy Daisy blog and see how you can win it! Scroll down to the April 30 entry to see the details. isn't it cool? Man... i want all that ribbon!!!!

That Baby DVD/CD review:

2008-05-02T09:06:00.006-05:00

I got this chance to review this CD/DVD over the past couple weeks and i'm here to tell ya about it.

I was leary of the whole "kids CD" thing because i'm usually not a big fan of them. They are just annoying little songs that get stuck in my head and the kids usually end up fighting over which song they want to listen to. I've stuck with making my own music CD's that have kid songs on them that I can stand to listen to for more than 10 minutes. lol

So I got this, put it in the player and the kids came around. They started dancing and playing around to the music and they LOVED it. and in actuality- it wasn't annoying either! lol The songs on there are easy to listen to, and I've listened to it so many times and still don't mind it. It's literally all the kids want to listen to right now- which is fine by me! It's a mix of different types of music- there's soft songs and acoustic songs, there's upbeat and dancing songs. I'ts such a nice mixture- i'm very glad I got the chance to have this in my home.

As for the DVD...... it's the same songs on the DVD as it is on the CD. some of them have taken on the approach of a "Baby Einstein" effect using drawings and computer animation bits to go along with the music. Other songs have little kids (around age 3-6) dancing and signing along with the songs. My 2 year old LOVES the DVD. she'll sit and watch it and be completely fascinated. My 4 (almost 5) year old and 6 year old, well... they sat and watched it for about 5 minutes before getting "bored". They recognized the music and sang along, but they'd rather listen than watch it. I don't think it's something I'd personally choose to purchase. I'd much rather just have teh CD to listen to and call it good. but then again, I'm not a "music video" kind of person. If you're into the Baby Einstein movies and music- I'm positive you'd love this set as well.

so there's ya go! here's the pic of what the DVD looks like so you can purchase them. And the Site you can learn more about them. http://www.thatbabydvd.com/

And here's the coolest thing ever! They are doing a IPOD Nano giveaway with this!!! here's the info- (and this is if you purchase from their personal website only):

Enter the coupon code "MotherTalk" when purchasing and save 20% on your entire order!From now until May 18th, all orders using the coupon code "MotherTalk" will be entered in a drawing to win a new iPod nano.

Here's the link to purchase on their site:
http://www.thatbabydvd.com/

Here's the link to the Amazon site to purchase.
Amazon links to the CD and DVD: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000X2DP3O/mothertalk-20/and http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000X2DP3Y/mothertalk-20/

Seriously- if you have little kids- the music is awesome. I'd highly reccomend it! :)-

Information you COULD do without... but won't!

2008-05-01T18:46:00.004-05:00

yup..... useless information that I am yet again going to share. But don't worry- it's cute stuff. :)
First off, Hailey comes walkin in my room this morning and says "mom- i don't feel good". Ok... one- this girl ALWAYS feels good. she's never sick. two- there is nothing on this earth that that girl will do to get out of school. she loves it way too much. three- she hasn't missed a single day of school this year due to sickness.

so i knew it was serious enough that she mentioned it. we've all had this cough/ blah-ness going on in the family for the past week or so, but it just hit her mostly today. So she asked to stay home from school. I let her, and the first thing she asked to do was her homework. hahahahah- see.... she loves it too much.

then she asks "mom- can i write grandma a note?" so i gave her some paper and a pencil and she sits at the table and starts writing.

then i hear "mom- how do you spell LOVE?" "mom, how do you spell GRANDMA?" "mom, how do you spell POCATELLO" "mom, how do you spell GRANDPA?"

i'm laughing, but spell them out for her and then she brings her note to me and shows me. this is the note that we sent to grandma and grandpa via email this evening. isn't it just cute? she seriously cracks me up.

Now... it will be Rick and I's 7th anniversary this coming Sunday. WOOOHOOO!!! not that we have anything big planned nor ever have, but it's a holiday none-the-less. Plus, it's yet another excuse to spend money on something we want instead of need! (like my philosophy on that?!)

So here will be our anniversary gift to each other. Ordered it today... should be here by end of next week. For once, i will FINALLY have the bed I've always wanted. now I just need the this bed to go with it. lol pretty huh? and yes... it comes with ALL those pillows and everything. it's a HUGE set!

So there ya go. Oh- and thanks for all the fabric advice- I think i've found what I wanted!!! can't wait to put it all together and show ya'll!!

I need some help/advice

2008-04-29T18:30:00.002-05:00

I'm wanting to do this project when i move. I'm doing it in both my kids' rooms. I've looked just about everywhere for cute fabrics, including Etsy (which i did find some i love)- but haven't found exactly what I want. totally cute right?

any of you have any recommendations of fabric places to look for awesome fabric? I'm not wanting to spend a lot either. Let me know if you know of anything k? Spanx!!! :)